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General information Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 20.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 43113 0 % 34192 20.7 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 3455 0 % 1367 60.4 %
Single Thread Score 1741.7 0 % 1138.1 34.7 %
Encrypting Data 1595.2 MB/s 48.7 % 3108.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 88.1 MB/s 0 % 45.4 MB/s 48.5 %
String objects sorting 13186.3 thousand/s 0 % 6122.4 thousand/s 53.6 %
Prime numbers generation 23.8 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 62.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20661.4 millions/s 0 % 10092.2 millions/s 51.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7711 millions/s 0 % 5569.1 millions/s 27.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.7 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 132.4 FPS 90.1 FPS
Medium settings 165.4 FPS 112.6 FPS
Low settings 206.8 FPS 140.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.9 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.6 FPS 110.8 FPS
High settings 202.5 FPS 177.3 FPS
Medium settings 253.1 FPS 221.7 FPS
Low settings 316.4 FPS 277.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.4 %
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